Trade Hindered as Shutdown Slows Goods Traffic at Ports
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Business at Thrush Aircraft Inc. should be booming this time of year as the Georgia company ships its crop dusters to customers in Brazil preparing to fertilize crops.
A partial U.S. government shutdown, however, has brought about $13 million worth of orders to a halt because the shuttered U.S. Export-Import Bank isn’t providing financing for the buyers in South America, where it’s now spring.